This incredibly easy Healthy No Bake Pumpkin Pie with Caramel Sauce is not only vegan, gluten-free, and soy-free, but the whole thing is made with only 8 ingredients (not including the toppings) in about 20 minutes!

Healthy No Bake Pumpkin Pie

Why ‘no bake’? Because the crust of the pie is made with raw almonds and dates, so it doesn’t need to be baked. This creates a simple and healthy pie that doesn’t require any rolling of dough. The pie itself doesn’t need to bake either, because we use pumpkin that was cooked ahead of time. Baking a pumpkin is easy. My pumpkin was around 4-5 lb, and I just cut it in half, removed the seeds with a spoon, and baked in a 400F oven for about 25-30 minutes. Once it’s cooked and cooled, peel the skin off or just spoon the flesh out (it should come off easily). The skin will come off more easily while it’s still hot, so don’t wait too long. At this point, you can use in your recipes, or put in an airtight container, and store in the fridge for a few days.

Pumpkin Health Benefits

You could, of course, use canned pumpkin in a pinch, but it won’t taste as good and isn’t as nutritious due to the high temperatures required for canning. The heat destroys some of the nutrients, which would be unfortunate since pumpkin is not something we eat often and it has many health benefits. Pumpkins contain a lot of fibre, which we all need to eliminate toxins from our body and bring relief to our digestive system. It’s also packed with micro-nutrients such as vitamin A, which is absolutely essential to maintaining a good vision, and the antioxidant beta-carotene (that creates the orange colour) which can help in the prevention of certain cancers and has proven benefits to protect the skin against aging. We often don’t realize that pumpkins contain more potassium than a banana, an essential mineral for heart health and also helpful to recuperate after a hard workout because we lose a lot of potassium in our sweat. And finally, it’s a good source of vitamin C, essential for our body to perform many functions, and stimulate the immune system.

This Healthy No Bake Pumpkin Pie is delicious served with coconut whipped cream, chopped pecans, fresh pomegranate, and the mandatory easy Salted Maple Caramel Sauce on top (click the link for recipe)!

Toppings (optional, but highly recommended)

coconut whipped cream

fresh pomegranate arils

chopped pecansraw or toasted

Instructions

In a food processor or powerful blender, put the ground almonds, the dates, coconut oil and salt, and pulse until you get a uniform, thinly ground texture. You might need to open it a few times and scrape the sides with a rubber spatula.

Pour this mixture into your 9" or 10" pie plate (I recommend using one with a removable bottom, which will make it much easier later), and using your clean hands, simply press the mixture everywhere, in a uniform thickness, to create the crust. Put into fridge or freezer to cool while you're making the filling.

To make the filling, put all the ingredients (cooked pumpkin, apple chunks, maple syrup, cashew milk, vanilla, and salt) into the food processor and pulse until you get a creamy texture. Mix things around with a spoon if it gets stuck.

Put the filling evenly on the pie crust and keep in fridge until ready to serve. If making ahead of time, cover with a plastic film, and keep in the fridge up to 3 days.

Before serving, add a generous amount of coconut whipped cream (optional), and sprinkle with chopped pecans, pomegranate (optional) and some Salted Maple Caramel Sauce on top.

You mean cow milk? I think it could work, although the taste wouldn’t quite be the same. If you give it a try, make sure it’s whole milk (3.8%) because you need the thickness and creaminess of the milk for texture. Please let me know if you try it, I’d love to know the result! You can even upload a picture on my Facebook page 🙂

Thank you! I hope you give it a try, because it is really amazing. The whipped coconut cream really is the cherry on top, but even without, it’s delicious. My husband, who usually prefers desserts that have chocolate in it raved about it, and asked for another one! haha

Wow. Beautiful pictures!. Really likeing the fact that this pumpkin pie is no bake, done in twenty minutes, and I have 2 pumpkins outside that still need to be turned into something! Haha. I’ll let ya know how it turns out!

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